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Fresh clashes between riot police and protesters have broken out in Barcelona amid anger over the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders. We speak to David Palacios, a journalist based in Barcelona.

The Trump administration has placed tariffs on a range of EU exports in an escalation of a trade war and it's largely it's about aircraft, according to the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Economics Editor Andrew Walker.

In the last thirty years India's economy has grown massively but after years of rosy forecasts, there may be signs of a serious slow down. The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Rahul Tandon delves into the world's sixth largest economy.

It's said there are more slaves working in compulsion in some sort of forced labour than at any time in history. We speak to Dr Alicia Kidd from the Wilberforce Institute at the University of Hull.

To counter bad press, Amazon is offering public tours in 23 of its U.S. warehouses. Stephanie Hughes from our US partner programme, Marketplace, went along on one.

And we're joined throughout the programme by Sinead Mangan, who presents the ABC radio program ‘Australia Wide’; she's in Perth. And Stephanie Hare, a researcher of technology and political risk joins us in our London studio.

Picture description: Protesters throw objects as a general strike is called over jail sentences given to separatist politicians by Spain’s Supreme Court.
Picture credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images